Pin.



No. 7I2,3l7. Patented Oct. 28, |9D2.

. A. A. MANNINGS.

PIN.

(Application vilecl Apr. l, 1902.1

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lALFRED AUSTIN MANNINGS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

PIN.

',SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,31 '7, datedOctober 28, 1902.

Application led Aprilfl,1902. Serial No. 100,966. (No model.)

T @ZZ whom, it Wtcty concern,..-

Be it known that I, ALFRED AUSTIN MAN- NINGS, jeweler, a subject of theKing of Great Britain, residing at 188 Alexandra road, Kilburn, Loudon,England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pins, of which thefollowing is a specification.

' ing the parts of Wearing-apparel.

The invention consists of a pin having a lateral projecting arm tocarryjthe head of the pin and a pointed spur or barb oppositely drectedto the point of the shank, the arm and the spur or barb being formedintegrally with the shank by a wire being doubled on itself to form thearm and in opposite directions to form the shank and spur portions.

The invention further consists in the peculiar construction which willbe more fully described and claimed;

The invention will lbe described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, wherein I have representedvarious modifications vof the invention drawn to a magnified scale.

Figure l shows a side View of tw improvement as applied to a scarf-pin,the spur or barb being formed in one with the shank of the pin. Fig. 2shows 'a common dress-pin with a looped head and with the spur or barbmade in one piece with the shank, as in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is across-section of the neck shown by Fig. 2. Fig. 4. shows a pin similarto Fig. 2, but provided with a pressed-up head. Fig. 5 shows a pin madeas in Fig. l With a fancy head formed of aglass or other bead cementedon.

Referring to Fig. 1, ctis the ordinary shank of a scarf-pin, but madeplain instead of being screw-threaded to retain it in the scarf.

'It is made with the usual pointed end b and is provided toward itsother end with the usual arm c, substantially at right anglesto i ingthe material.

reinafter spur or barb of my invention. It projects substantiallyin linewith the shank, with its point oppositely directed to the point b andpreferably slightly bent backward away from the head d to facilitateitswithdrawal from the fabric without liability of its point fray- In Fig.l this spur or barb e is made integral with the shankct byV bend! .ingthe wire ot' which the shank is made, as

at c', so as to fold or double the wire upon itself, and so form an armof double wirec c2, the shank ct being bent down at right angles to thepart c and the spur or barb e being formed by bending the wire upward atright f angles to c2. In the case of a scarf-pin this double arm co2 isunited to the head or setting d of the pin by soldering.

Referring now to Fig. 2, the arm of the shank is made by doubling theWire upon itself, as at c c c2, and the spur or barb is formed as beforedescribed in reference to Fig. l; but in this case the members c c2 o'fthe arm, originally each of round section, are pressed together betweendies, so as to flatten them and, bring them to as nearly'as possiblejuxtaposed semicircular form in` cross-section, as shown in Fig. 3,leaving the bend c' of itsoriginal form and dimensions, thus forming ahead of sufficient size to be easily gripped. Instead ofthe head c beingleft in the form of a bend, as in Fig. 2, it may be pressed in dies tothe form of a common pin-head, as shown at g in Fig. 4, the fiattenedneck portion cc2 being firmly held and supported against being upset orbent by the dies in which it is pressed while the pressure or blow ofthe heading-punch is applied to upset the bend and form the head g.

In Fig. 5 the shank, arm, and spur or barb are made as in Fig. l, and afancy head h, formed of a glass or other bead,is cemented onto the arm cc2.

When intended to be used as a securitypin for brooches or otherornaments, a light chain, such as j, Fig. 5, Wonldbe connected Fig. 2 orto the arm c c2, as in Fig. 5.

In using any of the above-described pins the shank ot is inserted in thefabric in the usual manner until the arm c comes against IOO the fabric7a (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4) adjacent to the place where thepoint of the shank was first inserted with sufficient pressure to strainor pull the fabric in the direction of the point of the shank, afterwhich the shank is moved slightly in the opposite direction at same timethat the point of the spur or barb e is inserted through the fabric,wherein it is securely retained by reason of the fabric 7c being pntunder strain by the arm c, as above mentioned, opposing the retractionof the spur or barb e.

I claiml. A scarf or other pin having a laterallyprojecting arm to carrythe head of the pin and apointed spur or barb oppositely directed to thepoint of the shank, the arm and the spur or barb being formed integrallyWith the shank by the Wire being doubled on itself to form the arm andin opposite directions to form the shank and spur portions.

2. A pin having an arm laterally projecting from the shank andterminating in a head and a pointed spur or barb oppositely directed tothe point of the shank, the arm and its head and the spur or barb beingformed integrally with the shank, the doubled members of which the armis formed being pressed together and flattened to form a neck leaving anenlargement or head at the end of the arm.

3. A pin having a laterally-projecting arm terminating in a head, and apointed spur or barb oppositely directed to the point of the shank, thearm and its head and the spur or barb being formed integrally with theshank by the wire being doubled on itself to form the arm, the doubledmembers of which the arm is formed being pressed together and flattenedto form a neck and the head being formed by upsetting the end of thearm.

ALFRED AUSTIN MANNINGS Witnesses:

C. G. CLARK, T. W. KENNARD.

